Nihon Hidankyo

Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors

Nihon Hidankyo (Japanese:日本被団協, formally:日本原水爆被害者団体協議会nihon-gensuibaku-higaisya-dantai-kyougikai) is a Japanese non-governmental organization established by victims of nuclear weapons in Tokyo 1956 to abolish nuclear weapons. In 2024, Nihon Hibankyo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for its efforts to achive a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again".[1]

Logo of Nihon Hidankyo
Dialogue by hibakusha - victims of nuclear weapons - for peace

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  1. About Nihon Hidankyonobelprize.org

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